Top 5 Left-Handed Batsmen With Most Runs: August 13 is International Left-Handers Day, celebrating the oddities and differences of left-handed people. Cricket, too, celebrates its left-handers. In fact, fans and commentators often rave over the elegance and beauty of a left-hander’s cover drive.
Cricket, like the world around us, is dominated by right-handers. There have been more than four times as many right-handed batsmen compared to left-handed batsmen in international cricket. While the right-handers were methodical, having immaculate technique and poise, the left-handers showcased their grace and flair in abundance.
Let us check out the five left-handed batsmen who scored the most runs in international cricket.
Top 5 Left-Handed Batsmen Who Scored Most Runs In International Cricket:
5. Chris Gayle – 19593 runs
Fans today would remember Chris Gayle as a T20 beast. However, the left-handed opener had long and prolific ODI and Test careers for the West Indies as well.
Gayle scored 19593 international runs-7214 in Tests, 10480 in ODIs, and 1899 in T20Is-clobbering 42 hundreds across formats in his two-decade-long career.
4. Shivnarine Chanderpaul – 20988 runs
One of the most unorthodox batsmen ever, West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul amassed 20,988 runs in his international career that spanned from 1994 to 2015.
Chanderpaul added 11867 runs in Test cricket, 8778 in ODIs, and 343 in T20Is, and raised 41 tons in international cricket.
3. Sanath Jayasuriya – 21032 runs
One of the most destructive openers of all time, Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya instilled fear into bowlers like few. The left-handed tailender-turned-opener whacked 21032 runs in international cricket—6973 in Tests, 13430 in ODIs, and 629 in T20Is, while also taking more than 400 wickets.
2. Brian Lara – 22358 runs
West Indies’ ‘Prince,’ Brian Lara is one of the greatest batsmen to have graced the game of cricket. Playing in the same era as right-handed giants Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting, Lara carved a legacy of his own through fierce cut shots and flicks, with many bowlers and captains spoke of him as the toughest batsman to dismiss.
Lara aggregated 22358 runs in international cricket, it comprises more than 11,000 runs in Test cricket and more than 10,000 runs in ODI cricket, with 53 centuries to his name.
Brian Lara holds the record for the highest individual score by a batsman in Test cricket for his 400* against England in 2004.
1. Kumar Sangakkara – 28016 runs
Among left-handed batsmen, former Sri Lankan batter Kumar Sangakkara scored the most international runs. Sangakkara racked 016 runs in international cricket,12400 in Tests, 14234 in ODIs, and 1382 in T20Is.
He made his debut for Sri Lanka in 2000 and retired from all formats in 2015. The southpaw notched up 63 international centuries.
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